Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0000752

BIG BROWN AND TURLINGTON LIGNITE MINING AREAS, Fairfield, TX: NPDES TX0000752 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BIG BROWN AND TURLINGTON LIGNITE MINING AREAS, held by LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0000752, which discharges to Cottonwood/Walnut/Cox/Pin Oak/Prair. EPA’s file records it issued June 23, 2015 and expiring February 1, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	BIG BROWN AND TURLINGTON LIGNITE MINING AREAS
Permittee as filed	LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC
NPDES ID	TX0000752
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 23, 2015
Expiration date	February 1, 2020
Address	Fairfield, TX 75840
Receiving water	COTTONWOOD/WALNUT/COX/PIN OAK/PRAIR
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXD000821280; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004816100002

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
3With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	14	22	14	February 28, 2017	238% over the limit
pH	38	20	6	November 30, 2012
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	38	15	1	September 30, 2003	24% over the limit
Selenium, total [as Se]	3	6	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	12	4	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	4	0
Oil & Grease	2	2	0
Solids, settleable	12	1	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	1	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	4	0	0

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0000752.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0000752 for the BIG BROWN AND TURLINGTON LIGNITE MINING AREAS in Fairfield, TX, held by LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 10 as the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued June 23, 2015 and expiring February 1, 2020 according to EPA's permit file as loaded on September 15, 2026.